Howdy. I live 30 miles from Gonzaga.... told the folks at work I love the Zags but being a woman I will change my mind immediately after the Loyola beat-down to come. Zags looking good but I didn't expect this good.

Howdy Ladybuck, yep WVa not getting ANY boards which they would need to fix. Frankly I'm not rooting for them. Sully vs Sacre would be great, Craft vs Pango would be interesting. Pango not used to such defense and I think Craft really contains him. I don't like the WVA ability to go inside
which they are not using now...strange.

Hey Helga! I feel like it's a mental thing with WVU. They can play with Gonzaga, but they aren't hustling, and their heads are down. It's like they've already beaten themselves for some reason. Gonzaga is simply outworking WVU, which doesn't help at all.Gonzaga is hustling for loose balls and are intense on defense. As for Pango (geez, I think of the daddy dal from 101 Dalmations), I don't know how he would do against Craft. Outside of the Big Ten, who's really faced the special kind of D he brings? And now they are using the inside out a bit, but not too much.

Actually they play a really hard schedule before their league. They played Sparty (bad loss at home) they play a lot of ACC and Big East teams which the SMART Mark Few knows they need to get to this tournament. He always has a very united good team and Gonzaga has a very good academic history so he can recruit. And , strangely, some of his best gusy (Sacre, etc) have come from France. Paris in the spring for recruiting, not a bad venue.

That tough early season schedule is really paying off. They are playing with great energy and hustle. I've always known Gonzaga as a more academic versus athletic school, and looked at it briefly during my college search. Tony Parker (for the SA Spurs) is also from France, and he's once heck of a point guard. Plus, how much fun would it be to go to Paris for work and just watch basketball?

Oh and I have VCU and Gonzaga (uh, until saturday) so I'm good but I has THE Osu vs. Syracuse and I thing the Orangemen go soon, like even the next game. They are a shadow of that dominating team w/ out the center. Boo, hoo, hoo.

I have VCU for a while, since they're my main bracket busting team in the South. I've had 'Cuse going out to KState since the brackets were announced, though. I agree. There was something shady with their timing of that announcement, too.

SoDak came out on fire, now they have cooled and Baylor has asserted themselves. I was a little surprised, because I think Baylor is a really good team, but it looks like they may take control and run away from here.

Wow, that's disappointing to see. All of West Virginia walked down the court after that last shot by Gonzaga. Even though they scored on that possession, that's not something you want to see from your team at this point in time.

Why is VCU pressing? It seems like the main way WSU scores is by beating the press for a lay up. If you want to slow them down, but a guy up, but no need for an all out press against a team that is more athletic.

WTF? I just payed the sum of my son's bank college bank account, $3.99 , to get all these games. And after the Gonzaga game it's not working. Could they be uberwhelmed w/ Buckeyes? I hope this starts soon.